The film was shot in San Francisco in 21 days.
Real life familiar political faces like Alan Dershowitz, media journalist Howard Kurtz, Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George and McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt make appearances as fictional characters.
Originally slated to release around November 2012 presidential election in the USA.
Carrie-Anne Moss on her character Penelope: "Because she works in a clinic, she sees people every day, and sees the truth of what's happening, and how people are struggling for jobs, struggling for medical care, struggling for education. And she just really wants to make a difference, and her decision to run for governor doesn't come from her ego at all. It comes from this really pure intention. So I really like that about her. She's sort of that innocent light that wants to make a difference."
David Harbour and Jamie Chung shares the same birthday (April 10th) but were born in eight years apart from each other. Harbour was born in 1975 and Chung was born in 1983.